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Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massacheusitts. His parents were David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Hopkins Poe.
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One major event for America that happened in 1809, the same year Poe was born, was that Abraham Lincoln was born.
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Poe's birth mother died of tuberculosis in 1811 at the age of 24. Elizabeth was an actress and her husband left her at an early age.Edgar was only three. After the death he is adopted by John and Francis Allan.
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The War of 1812 started in June of the year 1812 against the US and Great Britain. There was no exact date of the event available.
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Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia in 1819 with no specific date. Classes opened in 1825
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Poe's foster mother, Frances, died of TB on February 28, 1829. She died of the same disease as Poe's mother.
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Queen Victoria became queen fo England in the year 1837 with no specific date. She was 18years old.
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Virginia Clemm Poe was Edgar Allan Poe's first cousin and was 13 when the two married.
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One of Poe's most famous short stories, The Tell Tale Heart was first published in January 1843 with no specific date available.
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On January 29, 1845 Edgar Allan Poe published his poem, The Raven. It was about his mourning for the loss of his dead wife, Virginia.
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Poe's wife died of TB on January 30, 1847 in Fordham, New York. She died at the age of 24, the same age as Poe's mother when she died. She also died of the same disease as Poe's foster mother and mother.
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Edgar A. Poe died on October 7, 1849 for unknown reasons. He died in a hospital bed in Washington College Hospital after asking for immediate attention a few days before. Poe was buried in Baltimore, Maryland and has his own monument.
